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						<span class="style14">In this article, we are going to set up our first domain controller using Windows Server 2008, that is to set up Active Directory Domain Services.
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						<li>If you have set up a domain controller previously 
						with Windows 2000 Server, or Windows Server 2003, then 
						you would be familiar with
                  		the
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						<strong>dcpromo.exe</strong> command,
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						it will also be used to set up a 
						Domain Controller on Windows Server 2008. <br>
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						To use the 
						command, click on <strong>Start</strong>&nbsp;<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/Win2k8StartButton.jpg" width="20" height="20"> 
						&gt; <strong>Run </strong>&gt; and then write <strong>dcpromo</strong> 
						&gt; Click <strong>OK<br>
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						</strong></span></span></li>
						<li>The system will start checking if Active Directory 
						Domain Services ( AD DS) binaries are installed, then 
						will start installing them. The binaries could be 
						installed if you had run the dcpromo command previously 
						and then canceled the operation<span class="style70"><span class="style71"><span class="style123"> 
						after the binaries were installed.<br>
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						</span></span></li>
						<li class="style11">The Active <strong>Directory Domain 
						Services Installation Wizard</strong> will start, either 
						enable the checkbox beside <strong>Use Advanced mode 
						installation </strong>and Click <strong>Next ,</strong> 
						or keep it unselected and click on <strong>
						Next<br>
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						<p class="style121">The following table lists the 
						additional wizard pages that appear for each deployment 
						configuration when you select the <b>Use advanced mode 
						installation</b> check box. </p>
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								New forest<o:p></o:p></p>
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								<strong>Domain NetBIOS name</strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">
  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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								New domain in an existing forest<o:p></o:p></p>
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								On the <b>Choose a Deployment Configuration</b> 
								page, the option to create a new domain tree 
								appears only in advanced mode installation. <o:p></o:p>
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								<strong>Domain NetBIOS name</strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">
  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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								<strong>Source Domain Controller</strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">
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								Additional domain controller in an existing 
								domain<o:p></o:p></p>
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								Create an account for a read-only domain 
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								<strong>Specify Password Replication Policy</strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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								Attach a server to an account for an RODC 
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						<li>The <strong>Operating System Compatibility</strong> 
						page will be displayed, take a moment to read it and 
						click <strong>Next<br>
						<br>
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						<br>
						</strong></li>
						<li>Choose <strong>Create a new domain in a new forest</strong>, 
						Click <strong>Next<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/new_domain_new_forest.jpg" width="503" height="476"><br>
						<br>
						</strong></li>
						<li>Enter the <strong>Fully Qualified Domain Name</strong> 
						of the <strong>forest root domain</strong> inside the 
						textbox<strong>, </strong>click<strong> Next<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/name_forest_root_domain.jpg" width="503" height="476"><br>
						<br>
						</strong></li>
						<li>
						<p>If you selected <b>Use advanced mode installation</b> 
						on the Welcome page, the <b>Domain NetBIOS Name</b> page 
						appears. On this page, type the NetBIOS name of the 
						domain if necessary or accept the default name and then 
						click <b>Next</b>.<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/Netbios_name_advanced_options.jpg" width="503" height="476"><br>
						</p>
						</li>
						<li>Select the <strong>Forest Functional Level</strong>,<strong>
                  		</strong>
						choose the level you desire and click on <strong>Next.</strong> 
						Make sure to read the description of each functional level 
						to understand the difference between each one.<strong><br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/set_forest_functional_level.jpg" width="503" height="476"><br>
						<br>
						</strong>
						<br>
						</li>
						<li>In the previous step, If you have selected any Forest Functional Level other 
						than Windows Server 2008 and clicked on Next , you would then 
						get a page to 
						select the <strong>Domain Functional Level.
						</strong>Select it and then click on <strong>Next<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/set_domain_functional_level.jpg" width="503" height="476"><br>
						<br>
						<br>
						</strong></li>
						<li>In the <strong>Additional Domain Controller Options</strong> 
						page, you can select to install the <strong>Domain 
						Name Service </strong>&nbsp;to your server. Note that the 
						First domain controller in a forest must be a
						<strong>Global Catalog </strong>&nbsp;that's why the checkbox 
						beside Global Catalog is selected and it cannot be 
						cleared. The checkbox is also selected by default when 
						you install 
						an additional domain controller in an existing domain, 
						however you can clear this checkbox if you do not want 
						the additional domain controller to be a global catalog 
						server. The first domain controller in a new forest or 
						in a new domain can not be a <strong>Read Only Domain 
						Controller </strong>(<strong>RODC</strong>), you can 
						later add a RODC but you must have at least one 
						Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller.<br>
						<br>
						I want to set my DC as a DNS Server as well, so I will 
						keep the checkbox beside DNS Server selected and click 
						on <strong>Next</strong><br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/additional_dc_optios.jpg" width="503" height="476"><strong><br>
						<br>
						</strong><br>
						</li>
						<li>If the wizard cannot create a delegation for the DNS 
						server, it displays a message to indicate that you can 
						create the delegation manually. To continue, click <b>
						Yes<br>
						</b><strong>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/delegation_warning.jpg" width="413" height="230"><br>
						<br>
						</strong></li>
						<li>Now you will have the location where the domain 
						controller database, log files and SYSVOL are stored on 
						the server.<br>
						The database stores information about the users, 
						computers and other objects on the network. the log 
						files record activities that are related to AD DS, such 
						information about an object being updated. SYSVOL stores 
						Group Policy objects and scripts. By default, SYSVOL is 
						part of the operating system files in the Windows 
						directory<br>
						<br>
						Either type or browse to the volume and folder where you 
						want to store each, or accept the defaults and click on
						<strong>Next</strong><br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/ad_location_of_database.jpg" width="503" height="476"><strong><br>
						<br>
						</strong></li>
						<li>In the
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						<strong>Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator 
						Password</strong> (<strong>DSRM</strong>) page, w</span></span><span class="style110">rite 
						a password and confirm it. This password is used when 
						the domain controller is started in <strong>Directory 
						Services Restore Mode</strong>, which might be because 
						Active Directory Domain Services is not running, or
							for tasks that must be 
						performed offline.<br>
						Make sure that you memorize this password when you need 
						it. I know many administrators forgot it when they most 
						needed it !! <br>
						<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/DS_restore_mode_admin_password.jpg" width="503" height="476"><strong><br>
						<br>
						<br>
						</strong>Make sure the password meet the password 
						complexity requirements of the password policy, that is 
						a password that contains a combination of uppercase and 
						lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. else you will 
						receive the following message&nbsp; :<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/DS_restore_mode_admin_password_2.jpg" width="414" height="165"><br>
						<br>
						<br>
						</span></span></li>
						<li><strong>Summary</strong> page will be displayed showing you all the 
						setting that you have set . It gives you the option to 
						export the setting you have setup into an answer file 
						for use with other unattended operations, if you wish to 
						have such file, click on the <strong>Export settings
						</strong>button and save the file.<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/ad_ds_summary.jpg" width="503" height="476"><strong><br>
						<br>
						</strong>
						</li>
						<li>DNS Installation will start<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/Wait_for_dns_to_finish.jpg" width="437" height="306"><br>
						<br>
						</li>
						<li>Followed by installing Group Policy Management 
						Console, the system will check first if it is installed 
						or not.<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/GPMC_install.jpg" width="437" height="306"><strong><br>
						<br>
						</strong>
						</li>
						<li>Configuring the local computer to host active&nbsp; 
						directory Domain Services and other operations will take 
						place setting up this server as a Domain Controller<br>
						<br>
						<strong>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/AD_installation_1.jpg" width="437" height="306"><br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/AD_installation_2.jpg" width="437" height="306"><br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/AD_installation_3.jpg" width="434" height="307"><br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/AD_installation_4.jpg" width="437" height="306"><br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/AD_installation_5.jpg" width="434" height="303"><br>
						<br>
						</strong></li>
						<li><strong>Active Directory Domain Services</strong> 
						installation 
						will be completed, click <strong>Finish, </strong>then 
						click on Restart Now to restart your server for the 
						changes to take effect.<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/AD_DS_Completed.jpg" width="503" height="476"><strong><br>
						<br>
						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/restart.jpg" width="360" height="140"></strong><br>
						<br>
						</li>
						<li>Once the server is booted and you logon to it, click 
						on&nbsp; <strong>Start</strong> &gt; <strong>
						Administrative Tools</strong> ,&nbsp; will notice that 
						following have been installed :</li>
					</span></ol>
					<ul>
						<li>Active Directory Domains and Trusts</li>
						<li>Active Directory Sites and Services</li>
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						Active Directory Users and Computers</li>
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						<li>ADSI Edit</li>
						<li>DNS</li>
						<li>Group Policy Management<br>
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						<br>
						<img src="./Setting Up Your First Domain Controller With Windows Server 2008_files/Check_installation.jpg" width="241" height="484"></span></span></span></li>
					</span></span></ul>
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					<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
					<p>Setting up a Domain Controller in Windows Server 2008 to 
					install Active Directory Domain Services is performed by 
					running the dcpromo command. It has some new options like 
					using Advanced Mode Installation, and exporting settings to 
					an answer file . In my next articles, I will show you how to 
					perform an unattended installation to set up your domain 
					controller, and also how to set up an additional domain 
					controller using Windows Server 2008.<br>
					</p>
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